Both vice-presidential candidates won over some voters during the 90-minute debate, according to a poll from CBS News, which hosted the event.Before the debate, 52 percent of the poll’s ...

The highest-rated VP debate of the modern era remains the 2008 showdown between then-Sen. Joe Biden (D-Del.) and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, which drew 69.9 million viewers.

General-election presidential debates offer high-profile opportunities for citizens to learn about the candidates' positions and temperaments, since the matchups draw coverage across diverse media ...

Vice presidential debates have long been a fixture of the U.S. election cycle, popping up between the more intense, high-stakes presidential face-offs. Tuesday’s vice presidential debate was ...

The 2024 vice presidential debate between J.D. Vance and Tim Walz drew a big audience Tuesday but was down considerably from four years ago. Vance-Walz VP Debate on Track for 40M+ Viewers ...

The vice-presidential debate has been widely — and rightly — applauded. The conventional wisdom is that vice presidential debates have not really mattered much. Vice President George H.W. Bush ...

NBC News has also experimented on its TikTok channel, condensing the 90-minute presidential debate between Mr. Trump and Ms. Harris into a single minute, and using the app’s tools to overlay a ...

Vice-presidential debates may not matter in terms of election results, but when one of the participants would be serving under a 78-year-old, they matter to the world.

Ohio Sen. JD Vance and Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the 2024 Vice President nominees, went head-to-head in Tuesday night’s first vice presidential debate of the 2024 election.

A second debate needs to resemble what we saw on Tuesday. Trump and Harris, respectfully disagreeing, while intelligently, passionately – but respectfully – making their case to voters.

Debates resemble dueling press conferences, in which candidates avoid engaging on the issues and dodge accountability. The result: a spectacle that fuels division rather than informing the public ...